books.google.it - The historian Polybius (ca. 200–118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. From 168 to 151 he was held hostage in Rome, where he became a friend of Lucius Aemilius...http://books.google.it/books/about/The_Histories.html?hl=it&id=YZ9Jnk5_pcIC&q=7rdXea&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Histories